What a week it’s been piggies! Who knew we were all lucky enough to get front row seats to the collapse of democracy! What a time to be alive! That said, we’re not going to rehash the woes of election night. If you follow me on Threads, Meta’s answer to “X”, the social media platform formerly known as (and subsequently still referred to as) Twitter, I … “Threaded” my post-mortum a few days ago. We’re just gonna go with “tweeted.” Sorry, it’s part of our goddamn fucking lexicon now and no...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
I’m going to take you back to a conversation I was having with my partner, Mrs. Pipehawk, earlier this past week: Her: I saw a sign today that said there was a gun show at [open maw of hell itself, PA] maybe we could check it out? I haven’t been to a gun show in forever. Me: Lol absolutely not, this close to the election? Jesus Christ, imagine how much Trump paraphernalia we’d have to swim through just to see a firearm. And that’s just THIS (past) weekend, gun shows in of themselves are...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
With the election right around the corner (just over a week by the time this gets published) I wanted to take a second and highlight something that many folks might be unaware of: voting under duress. Now look, I'm not planning on voting in this election, and if you were to ask me today "hey Jim, will you vote ever again? In any election?" I'd answer "maybe." Maybe if it was a local election and I was super plugged into the election itself, or, if we're voting for "best in show" at the county...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Piggies, I'm trying something different this week. Below is a section of a 5-part series of fiction I've put together. I'll be releasing a section every day this week, since the whole story is over 5K words and a lot to read while sitting on the toilet (gotta keep the blood flow to the legs, na'mean?). This is a work of fiction, names, etc, are all made up. But the theme is very real. Based on an incident that happened in California last week, where a man was arrested and charged with...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
Piggies, I'm trying something different this week. Below is a section of a 5-part series of fiction I've put together. I'll be releasing a section every day this week, since the whole story is over 5K words and a lot to read while sitting on the toilet (gotta keep the blood flow to the legs, na'mean?). This is a work of fiction, names, etc, are all made up. But the theme is very real. Based on an incident that happened in California last week, where a man was arrested and charged with...
2 months ago • 7 min read
Piggies, I'm trying something different this week. Below is a section of a 5-part series of fiction I've put together. I'll be releasing a section every day this week, since the whole story is over 5K words and a lot to read while sitting on the toilet (gotta keep the blood flow to the legs, na'mean?). This is a work of fiction, names, etc, are all made up. But the theme is very real. Based on an incident that happened in California last week, where a man was arrested and charged with...
2 months ago • 7 min read
Piggies, I'm trying something different this week. Below is a section of a 5-part series of fiction I've put together. I'll be releasing a section every day this week, since the whole story is over 5K words and a lot to read while sitting on the toilet (gotta keep the blood flow to the legs, na'mean?). This is a work of fiction, names, etc, are all made up. But the theme is very real. Based on an incident that happened in California last week, where a man was arrested and charged with...
2 months ago • 7 min read
I’m at Target, it’s the middle of the week. My partner and I are getting time out of the clinic for our own sanity. While walking up to the entrance of the mega corp store front, with its garish hotdog-stand-red façade and spherical bollards I see this tall young man, with perfectly coifed blonde-ish hair, chin strap beard, and a loose interpretation of a “tactical” vest. It’s basically a fishing vest in black. He’s wearing a day-glo long sleeve shirt under the vest that says “ASSET...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Whenever I see a bunch of proud dipshit cops standing around a table of confiscated guns I think about the tv show “The Wire.” In particular, I think of the season 1 episode titled “Dope on the Table” where the main characters are forced to produce SOMETHING to show for their efforts and tax payer-funded operations. The concept of “dope on the table” is a performative gesture to the community, usually suburban middle class types who vote, demonstrating that the police are doing SOMETHING...
3 months ago • 4 min read